DCnDC
July 3, 2018, 5:08pm
1
“Money” slang. Any language. Any currency. Any denomination. Specific coins and notes, or in general.
You can specify these things if you like, but it’s not necessary. We have Google.
What you got?
quid
buck
dough
bones
clams
duckets
cheddar
Benjamins
…?
(As you can see I am not consistent with plurals. You don’t need to be either.)
Service industry parlance, at least in the New Orleans area circa the mid 1990s:
a bill = $100
bills = hundreds of dollars – “I made three bills tonight ” means “I made $300 tonight ”.
Collective nouns for “money”:
dinero
scratch
bread
doll hairs
frogskins
buckazoids
Saccy
Fin
Sawbuck
“I keep a little skrill in my shoe.” I once had a co-worker who quite literally did :D.
bordelond:
Service industry parlance, at least in the New Orleans area circa the mid 1990s:
a bill = $100
bills = hundreds of dollars – “I made three bills tonight ” means “I made $300 tonight ”.
Oh, and don’t forget the term** large**. Used to refer to denominations of $1000
e.g. “Sure, you can have this Beamer but it’s gonna cost ya 47 large.”
IN Canada, “loonie” for the 1 dollar coin, “toonie” for the 2 dollar coin.
In Quebec French, “cent noir” for the now non-existent penny, “cent blanch” for the dime, and “trente sous” (literally 30 cents) for the 25 cent piece.
From Wodehouse and other pre-War British books, I’ve picked up “the dosh” and “lolly”.
I still like to use “moolah” to mean a bunch of money, no specific amount or denomination.
Bob
Most famous in the Beatles Mean Mr. Mustard:
Mean Mister Mustard sleeps in the park
Shaves in the dark trying to save paper
Sleeps in a hole in the road
Saving up to buy some clothes
Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose
kopek
July 3, 2018, 6:30pm
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DCnDC:
duckets
Actually spelled ducats although most of the rappers using the term would be hard-put to spell it.
Or most other words for that matter.
“Wingwangs” - from Futurama
“Banana skins”
“Bit”, as in two bits, four bits, six bits…
Frodo
July 3, 2018, 8:19pm
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In rioplatense Spanish:
Guita
Mangos
Plata
Tarasca
Gamba (1 Gamba = 500 pesos, 1 Gamba verde (green) 500 US Dollars)
Luca (1 Luca= 1000 pesos, 1 Luca verde (green) 1000 US Dollars)
jaycat
July 3, 2018, 9:58pm
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The elusive sponduits, per W.C. Fields.